Alliance magazine has welcomed six leading practitioners to its 30-strong global editorial advisory board.

Filiz Bikmen, Esas Sosyal.

New members include Alliance Philanthropy Thinkers, Filiz Bikmen, a founding director of Esas Sosyal, a family fund based in Turkey and Krystian Seibert, an Industry Fellow at the Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne University in Australia and former director of policy at Philanthropy Australia.

Julie Broome, Ariadne.

They are joined by Philo Alto, founder of Asia Value Advisors in Hong Kong, Laurence Lien, the Singapore based founder of the Asia Philanthropy Circle and, in Europe, by Julie Broome, director of human rights funders network, Ariadne and Pieter Stemerding former managing director of the Adessium Foundation.

The Alliance editorial advisory board is a voluntary group of around 30 prominent global philanthropy practitioners who advise the editor, share expertise and networks, contribute ideas and articles, and boost Alliance’s standing as a leading philanthropy publication.

Laurence Lien, the Singapore based founder of the Asia Philanthropy Circle

Editor of Alliance, Charles Keidan commented: ‘It’s a privilege to draw on such an impressive range and diversity of experience. We’re delighted to bring in new viewpoints from Asia and a sharper focus on crucial funding sectors such as human rights. I’d like to pay tribute to outgoing board members Christopher Harris, John Harvey, Felicitas Von Peter, Adam Pickering, Akwasi Aidoo and Wang Zhenyao who have done so much to enrich our editorial discussions and the wider Alliance community over many years.

The full editorial advisory board is listed here.